Birds of Chile - Gulls and Terns

Gulls and Terns

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, and terns. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years.

• Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
• Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (A)
• Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
• Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
• Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus
• Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla (A)
• Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
• Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
• Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)
• Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima (A)
• South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata (Ant)
• Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
• Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus (A)
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger (A)
• Black Noddy Anous minutus (A)
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
• Gray Noddy Procelsterna albivitta
• White Tern Gygis alba
• Inca Tern Larosterna inca